Railroad-tie and antispreading device.



No. 746,918. PATENTED 1130-. 15, 1903,

.F. n. BLINE.

RAILROAD TIE AND ANTISPREADINGDEVIGB. urmonmn FILED SEPT. 25, 1903.

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IN VENTOH I side plates D, as shown in Fig. 1.

Patented December 15, 1903.

FRANK DILLON BLINE, OF VANATTA, OHIO.

RAILROAD-TIE AND ANTISPREA'DING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 'of Letters Patent No. 746,918, dated December 15, 1903. Application filed eptember 25, 1903. $erial No. 174,595. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DILLON BLINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Vanatta, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties and Antispreadcross-section on about line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig

3 is a detail perspective view of the clampingkeys. Fig. 4 isadetail perspective view of the clip. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of a portion of the base-plate, and Fig. 6 shows a somewhat different construction from that shown in Fig. 1.

The rail A may be of ordinary construction. The tie B has a main portion in the form of an inverted channel, provided with the top plate 0 and the side plates D. This channel B is open at the bottom and may be closed at such point by the base-plate E, or instead of said base-plate E, I may use the cross plate or strip F. (Shown in Fig. 6.) In some instances I prefer to fill the channel B with concrete, and in such case I omit the base-plate E and employ the cross-strips F, as the latter operate to brace the side plates D of the channel and also retain the concrete. It may be preferred, however, in some instances to omit the concrete, and in such event I prefer to employ the base-plate E. This base-plate E is provided near its opposite edges with the depressed portions E, forming grooves e in their upper edges to receive the lower edges of the When the parts are fitted together, as shown in the said figure,they are secured by the rivets E passing through the portions E and the side plates D, near the lower edges of the latter. This construction forms a strong tie, which can be made of any weight desirable or necessary, according to the character of traffic.

Suitable means are provided for securing the rails A upon the ties. I prefer in practice to employ the clasps G, having depending side plates G, hooked at their lower ends at G to engage beneath the edges of the tie, and said clips are provided upon their top plates with the inwardly-projecting inclined flanges G which form seats for the rail-base. The base of the rail fits in the seat between the flanges G and is secured by the wedges H in the manner I will now describe. These wedges H are double-winged, thus forming clamp-keys of an acute angle, which embrace the flanges of the rail and fit within the seats or keepers of the clips. By preference these clamp-keys are tapered toward one end and are perforated near such end to receive pins I, by which they may be locked when driven home, asshownin the drawings. These clampkeys have their wings 72. resting beneath the rail-base and between the same and the, top plate 'of the clip and are retained by the flanges Giwith the upper wings h of the keys fitting over the rail-base and beneath the flanges G of the clip G, as shown.

As before suggested, the tie may be used with or without cement filling, and when such filling is omitted I close the open bottom of the main portion of the tie bymeans of the base-plate, which is channeled to receive the lower edges of the side plates of the main portion or body of the tie, and such base-pla e and side plates are secured together by rivets, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The improvement in railroad-ties'herein described, comprising the main portion in the form of an inverted channel having depending side plates, the base-platechanneled near its edges to receive the lower edges'of the depending side plates of the main portion, means for securing said side plates in connection with the base-plate, the clips fitting over the tie and havingdepending side plates provided at their lower ends with hooks engaging beneath the sides of the tie and having at its upper end inwardly-projecting inclined flanges to overlie the rail-base and form a seat therefor, a rail having its base fitted in said seat, and the clamp-keys of an acute angle embracing the base of the rail and fitting be v rail, of the clamp-keys having wings at an acute angle and embracing the edges of the rail base, and the seat within which the clamp-keys operate,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a tie having depending side plates, the clip having depending plates hooked at their lower ends in engagement with the side plates of the tie, and provided at its upper end with the inwardly-projecting inclined flanges forming a seat, the rail-base and the clamp-keys having wings at an acute angle to each other and embracing the flanges of the rail and fitting in the seat of the clip, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the rail-base, the

clamp-keys having wings at an acute angle to each other, and embracing the edges of the rail-base, and the seat within which said clamp-keys operate, substantially as set forth.

6. A railway-tie having depending side plates, and a base-plate channeled near its edges to receive the lower edges of the depending side plates, and means for securing the base-plate to the side plates, and means on theopposite side of the tie from the baseplate, for securing the rail, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination in a tie, of the main portion having depending side plates, the base-plate having dropped portions near its edges forming channels receiving the lower edges of the depending side plates,and the fastening devices passing through the dropped portions and the lower edges of the side plates, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FRANK DILLON BLINE.

Witnesses:

DENNIS H. MURPHY, HENRY DAY. 

